Many university graduates cannot find a job in their chosen profession. What factors may have caused this situation and what, in your opinion, should be done about it?

When young people are choosing what subject to study at university, most of them hope they will find a great

job

upon graduation. In

reality many

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reality, many

fresh graduates fail to find work in their field and some are even forced to take up a below graduate level

job

. In my opinion, the root of

this

problem lies in the outdated higher

education

system that should be modernized.

Traditional university

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A traditional university

education

does not prepare students for their

first

job

for a number of reasons. One of them is that many programmes are too theoretical. It means that highly educated graduates lack simple skills required for employment,

for example

, the knowledge of IT software. Employers,

therefore

, prefer candidates with hands-on experience. Another reason is that universities offer too many courses in popular fields,

such

as business and law, and do not recruit enough students for engineering and science programmes.

As a result

, the UK labour market has an oversupply of law graduates and a deficit of engineers. A reform of higher

education

could alleviate many of the

problems but

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problems, but

would require joint efforts from universities and the government. If universities worked

closer

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closely

with employers, they could teach students practical skills that companies look for. Meanwhile, the government could develop guidelines on how many

students

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students'

universities should recruit in each subject in accordance with the market demand. In conclusion, a likely reason why many graduates cannot find a

job

in their field is because university

education

might not have provided them with the right skill set or an in-demand profession. I think that universities and the government could improve the situation by updating the content of the programmes and limiting the number of students in each subject in line with the market demand.